I kind of see that as reinventing the wheel, when there are plenty of JavaScript's out there that can do validation for you. Not saying I have avoided learning JavaScript or that I use CFForm to do it. However with things like qForms from www.pengoworks.com out there, personally I wish I had started to learn their API long ago and applying it over being thick headed and making my scripts from scratch.
Snipe - <CF_BotMaster Network="EFNet" Channel="ColdFusion"> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Mookie Bear wrote: > These are just my thoughts on the subject... > > Using CFFORM to validate your forms is the lazy/quick way to go. If you > haven't started, I recommend that most people learn javascript and build a > javascript template that validates a lot of things, such as emails, numbers, > names, conditional stuff, and pretty much anything you want. Then if you > want a form on your page validated just write a one liner to pass that form > value to the javascript template you built and have it validated. You can > use this tmeplate for all of your projects! I found it very helpful! > CFFORM is an excuse not to learn javascript! In fact, I bet some of you > would rather write lines and lines of CF server side code to validate > something and then locate them to a new page based on conditions, rather > than learn javascript and have it do the validation right on the spot! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
